YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown escalates, aggravating users Ads are YouTube's biggest revenue source. Scharon Harding – Nov 1, 2023 12:36 pm | 630 ...

Google Trends also shows a spike in searches for the term “YouTube ad blocker” since October 10, which is possibly when the platform extended its crackdown to more number of users.

The block targets third-party apps that use YouTube’s API to get videos interruption-free. AdGuard says it’s not affected by the change since its app doesn’t use YouTube’s API.

YouTube is rewriting the rules of engagement, shutting down ad blockers with a decisive no-play policy and sealing off the last loopholes.

Why It Matters: YouTube's crackdown on adblock users comes at a time when streaming services have all announced price hikes, including Netflix Inc. NFLX, Walt Disney Co.'s DIS Disney+, ...

YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown expands to third-party apps. By Jacob Siegal. Published Apr 15th, 2024 8:02PM EDT. Image: Chris McGrath/Getty Images.

YouTube may be throttling playback for ad blocker users, while also preparing to roll out longer, unskippable ad formats ...

YouTube is deliberately slowing video loading for users with ad blockers enabled, in what appears to be an escalation in ...

YouTube continues its battle against ad blockers, now disabling video buffering for an ad's duration, complete with a ...

YouTube is again stopping people from using ad blockers. It fixed a trick some users used to block ads, especially on Firefox. Now, more people are seeing warnings. YouTube wants users to either stop ...